Transport device for trays
AssigneeMultivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG
InventorLars Ickert
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Abstract
A transport device for transporting trays. The transport device including a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt that is downstream and follows the first conveyor belt. The first and second conveyor belts may have either a single- or multi-track design. The second conveyor belt may include a parallelization device configured to slowing down and/or accelerate one or more trays being conveyed on the second conveyor. The parallelization device may comprises at least one carrier with at least one acceleration finger and may be selectively moveable to prevent, slow down, allow, or accelerate a movement of a tray.
Claims18
A transport device for transporting trays, the transport device comprising:
- a first conveyor belt driven to transport trays at a first transport velocity;
- and
- a second conveyor belt that follows the first conveyor belt, where in the second conveyor belt is driven to transport trays at a second transport velocity;
- wherein both the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt having either a single-track or a multi-track configuration, wherein the second conveyor belt has a parallelization device being selectively moveable and configured to slow down and/or accelerate one or more trays relative to one of the first transport velocity or the second transport velocity, the parallelization device comprising at least one carrier having at least one acceleration finger selectively movable to engage said trays on said second conveyor belt;
- wherein the parallelization device is disposed below a top side of the second conveyor belt.
A method for operating a transport device for transporting a plurality of trays, the method comprising:
- arranging a first conveyor belt upstream of a second conveyor belt, wherein said second conveyor belt is disposed to follow the first conveyor belt;
- conveying a plurality of trays in at least one track of said first conveyor belt at a first transport velocity;
- conveying a plurality of trays in at least one track of said second conveyor belt at a second transport velocity;
- slowing down or accelerating the conveyance of one or more of said plurality of trays relative to one of the first transport velocity or the second transport velocity using a parallelization device while the one or more of said plurality of trays are disposed on the second conveyor belt;
- wherein the slowing down or accelerating the conveyance of one or more of said plurality of trays using a parallelization device comprises the step of selectively moving at least one acceleration finger of the parallelization device between a first position above a top side of the second conveyor belt and a second position below said top side of the second conveyor belt.
A transport device for transporting trays, the transport device comprising:
- a first conveyor belt for transporting one or more trays at a first transport velocity;
- and
- a second conveyor belt that follows of the first conveyor belt, the second conveyor belt transports one or more trays at a second transport velocity, wherein both the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt having either a single-track or a multi-track configuration, wherein the second conveyor belt has a parallelization device configured to slow down and/or accelerate one or more trays relative to one of the first transport velocity or the second transport velocity, the parallelization device comprising at least one carrier having at least one acceleration finger;
- wherein the second conveyor belt includes a plurality of belt straps and said at least one acceleration finger is disposed between two belt straps of the plurality of straps and said at least one acceleration finger is selectively moveable between a first position above a top side of the second conveyor belt and a second position below said top side of the second conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.